R2-UK it is then. It amazes me really that MGM couldn't get this one right. Obviously they got the commentary track from somewhere else because both Alfonso Cuarón and his two lead actors speak excellent English. If the commentary had been intended for the R1 release it could have been in English...

Of course they simply could have subtitled the thing like the UK commentary...

I'd love to understand what's going on during the commentary. So I guess I'll have to consider R2 UK too. Or both, depending on the differences, as Rich asks.
Which brings me to ask this - for those who order R2 dvds, is there a search, a la www.dvdpricesearch.com for US dvds, that will list best prices from R2 online stores?
I've decided to go ahead and permanently set my iMac to region 2. Bring them on!

This DVD also includes a 64 page book created exclusively for the UK DVD and written by Alfonso Cuaron and Carlos Cuaron, called ‘Y Tu Mama Tambien – The Biographies’ which gives a complete biography of the lead characters and Betsabé – the 1983 Le Baron station wagon.

The first set of French R2 Truffaut films released
by mK2 has the Commentary tracks and supplements
subtitled in English.
I have The Last Metro, Jules & Jim, Two English Girls,
(I am not sure about The Woman Next Door and Soft Skin).
Then in typical French fashion, the remaining Truffaut
films did not have English subtitles for the extras.
(Why make things easy for us English speaking people)
A real shame, since I was looking forward to their
version of 400 Blows.

Which brings me to ask this - for those who order R2 dvds, is there a search, a la www.dvdpricesearch.com for US dvds, that will list best prices from R2 online stores?

In my (quite limited) experience BensonsWorld has the best prices (and free shipping to the US) for R2--UK disks.
For France the closest to DVD Price Search is dvdpascher.net (or .org ?? -- whatever you do, DO NOT GO TO THE .com VERSION WHICH IS SOME JAVA LADEN PORN SITE WHICH WILL EAT YOUR COMPUTER).
Ted

Does anyone know against which US version the R2 disc matches? Amazon lists unrated and rated R versions. The review cited by Enrique doesn't say. Comparing the versions, US R-rated is 100 minutes in length, while US unrated is 105 minutes. UK is 101. With the 4% PAL speed up, that would make it sound like the UK version was the same as the US unrated.

Anyone know for sure?

And what's a good place to order UK R2 discs in the US anyhow? I've only ordered from Amazon.co.uk.

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The cheapest overall price appears to be Bensons World at $15.99 (in English pounds). That's about $25 US (shipping included in the price). Amazon.co.uk is around $1 more than Bensons.
It might be worth $5-$10 more to get the subtitled commentary based on the review that was mentioned earlier in this thread afterall.

I agree 100 percent. Many times, I find myself missing stuff because of either the way the contributer speaks, or background noise, or any number of reasons. Superman: The Movie for example. It took my brain the better first half of the movie before I could understand Mr. Mankiewicz's soft spoken and rather different speech pattern. Had I had subtitles, this wouldn't be an issue. Even the most comprehensible speakers can say something that gets muffled for one reason or another.